Missing the Hamburg International Summer School?

If it wasn’t for the Covid-19 pandemic, the Hamburg International Summer School (HISS) devoted to “Language Diversity, Education, and Social Participation” would be in full swing right now. As it is, HISS has been postponed to July 2021, and applications will re-open in February 2021.

In the meantime, you can get a taste of what this summer school is all about by hearing from some of the teachers. Instead of spending time at the summer school, some of them got together to produce a series of videos introducing their research and explaining how it relates to “Language Diversity, Education, and Social Participation”.

Get excited about the 2021 HISS devoted to “Language Diversity, Education, and Social Participation” by watching this trailer:

 

Once the trailer has wet your appetite, hop over to YouTube and start to delve deeper into the research of the following experts:

• Professor Dietmar Hoettecke, Hamburg University
• Professor Drorit Lengyel, Hamburg University
• Professor Mehdi Riazi, Macquarie University
• Dr Sue Ollerhead, Macquarie University
• Professor Yongyan Zheng, Fudan University

Abstract

Linguistic (as well as cultural and social) diversity are basic characteristics of today’s societies. Their causes include, among others, increasing migration, globalisation, new technical possibilities of communication, and interactions across traditional borders. Using three nations with significant migration – Australia, China and Germany – as examples, we will explore how increasing diversity affects education and social participation, and what policies and discourses have been developed in response to linguistic diversity. Despite their different socio-political traditions in dealing with migration, the challenges and responses to linguistic diversity in the three countries share many similarities. Central among these is that linguistic diversity continues to be a central factor in social exclusion in the three countries.

Core Topics

• Key Issues in Multilingualism
• Language Development in Multilingual Settings
• Language Diversity in Formal and Informal Settings
• Multilingual Learning Motivation in a Foreign Language Context

For further information, including admission requirements, fees, and scholarship opportunities, visit the website of the Hamburg International Summer School (re-opening in February 2021).